I've noticed that galvanized iron and galvanized steel are used interchangeably throughout literature. But just to be sure in the Watercad material library I see galvanized iron as a material. This is actually galvanized steel right?
Hello Christen,
Galvanized iron has zinc coating to protect from rust, so it is more robust than galvanized steel. The engineering library contains galvanized iron as a material. If you want you can create separate entry for galvanized steel as well, if you know the properties.
Modifying and using Engineering Library Data
Regards,
Sushma Choure
Bentley Technical Suppport
In watercad's material library the roughness height assigned to galvanized iron is 1.52400000. That seems kind of high to me. Could that be a mistake?
1.5 mm is within range of the reference table seen on page 33 of our Advanced Water book (see this). There appears to be a large range, suggesting that there is a wide variety of such pipes.
If your particular galvanized iron pipe is smoother, you may want to adjust the roughness height accordingly. Meaning, the engineering library entries are not fixed. You can always global edit the rougness in the pipe flextable accordingly, or add your own entry to the engineering library.
Jesse DringoliTechnical Support Manager, OpenFlowsBentley Communities Site AdministratorBentley Systems, Inc.
Answer Verified By: Christen Crique
Ok, got it